And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith. Sandra Hamer Smith. Emma Danzey. How Long Should a Pastor Preach? Clarence L.
Haynes Jr. Britt Mooney. But why? The other greats in the Hebrews 11 Hall of Faith had to experience death. First, as argued here , Enoch is an example Hebrews of what will happen during the rapture. During this event, God will take believers into heaven during the End Times. Christians differ in opinion as to where exactly the Rapture will take place during the End Times timeline before the seven-year tribulation, halfway during the seven-year trial, after the seven-year tribulation, etc.
Second, Enoch lived a few hundred years before the Flood. We see the inhabitants of the earth descend into utter moral depravity during this time period. Considering that the people back then lived for hundreds of years, some Christians have speculated due to a vapor canopy that surrounded the earth that blocked out harmful Gamma rays and produced a temperate climate that perhaps God took Enoch into heaven to avoid the Flood that would come a few hundred years later.
Third, we see a faithful man living amongst a wicked generation, like Elijah during the time of Ahab. Elijah is the only prophet of God left 1 Kings , outnumbered by prophets of the enemy. Depending on what Christian tradition you came from, you may consider the Book of Enoch to be canonical. In other words, an author who called himself Enoch wrote the Book of Enoch, but it was likely just a man going by a pseudonym.
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Updated March 06, Enoch Known for: A faithful follower of God and one of only two men in the Bible who did not die. Hometown : Ancient Fertile Crescent, although the exact location is not given in Scripture. Occupation : Jude states that Enoch was a preacher of righteousness and a prophet. Children: Methuselah , and unnamed sons and daughters. Great-grandson: Noah. Cite this Article Format. He is the son of Kenan, who had Mahalalel when he was 70 years old, and the father of Jared.
Bible Passages: Genesis ; Genesis — 11; and Luke According to the book of Genesis, Seth was years old when Enos was born. The Bible says that Enos was 90 years old when his first son Kenan was born.
Bible Passages: Genesis ,10,12,13,14; Luke — 37; and 1 Chronicles Kenan is another descendant of Adam as he is the grandson of Seth and the son of Enos. His wife was Mualeleth, who was also his sister.
Like several of the other men on this list, Kenan lived before the Great Flood and died when he was over years old. Bible Passages: Genesis 4; Genesis 5; 1 Chronicles — 3. He is the first son in the line of patrilineal descendants of Adam and Eve that lead up to the birth of Noah. Seth and his brothers, Cain and Abel, are the only children of Adam and Eve to be named in the Bible.
According to his story in Genesis, Seth was born when Adam was years old and Eve believed that God intended for Seth to be a replacement for Abel. Seth is revered in Jewish and Islamic tradition as being the righteous son of Adam and Eve.
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